House help found dead in Nairobi apartment in suspected suicide

A 36-year-old house help, Grace Akinyi Mangana, was discovered dead in an apartment in Kilimani, Nairobi, on Wednesday morning, suspected to have been a suicide. The woman's body was found hanging from a staircase grill at Mula Apartments around 6:30am. The incident was reported by the caretaker who noticed tenants gathered at the staircase upon waking up.

Upon further inspection, he found Mangana's body on the staircase after tenants had attempted to rescue her from the grill. Mangana was believed to be employed as a house help by a tenant and lived on the third floor. Preliminary investigations suggest she may have hung herself using a black cloth while the employer was asleep. The body was transferred to the City Mortuary for preservation pending a post-mortem examination.

Police are continuing their investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding her death. In other news, police in Nyatike, Migori County, are investigating after the body of an unidentified teenage girl was found in River Ongoche. The body, believed to be about 14 years old, was discovered floating in the river and exhibited visible injuries, including wounds on the forehead and back of the head.

Blood stains were observed along the riverbank, suggesting possible assault prior to the body being disposed of in the river. The girl was found without clothes, and the circumstances of her death are under investigation as part of a suspected murder case.